Crackdown on vape shops and bookies as Burnham gives councils power to choose what is on their high streets
3 sources·Updated August 10, 2026
Burnham high street crackdown
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- BBC Business·2h agoCouncils to get more powers to stop vape and betting shops, PM announces
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said town centres had been "hollowed out" by decades of decline.
Read at BBC Business → - Guardian UK·2h agoBurnham to give councils more powers to block vape and betting shops
Vape shops in England and Wales to need planning permission while betting shop law change will also apply in Scotland Councils are to be given powers to stop betting and vape shops taking over their high streets under new plans announced by Andy Burnham. Local authorities will…
Read at Guardian UK → - The Independent UK·2h agoCrackdown on vape shops and bookies as Burnham gives councils power to choose what is on their high streets
New prime minister Burnham to tackle Britain’s ‘hollowed-out high streets’ by scrapping Blair’s Aim to Permit directive
Read at The Independent UK →